Sunday, July 14, 2013

Mag 177 Sudden Awe

                                          photo by Agustin Berrocal 

Oh the grip of excitement rising!
A finder of ingots laid out before him

He had never seen it in such abundance 
his mind and emotions had him reach for it

before his body could warn him 
it might be molten hot-

14 comments:

Brian Miller said...

and greed takes yet another life...

smiles.

Gail said...

Hot verse

Other Mary said...

Good take on the prompt.

Berowne said...

Sharp and judicious; well done.

Kathe W. said...

be careful what you reach for! Nicely done!

Susan Lindquist said...

... so many ways to take this ... young enthusiasm? awe? greed? naivete? Or ... just a hottie getting hotter?

Love it!

21 Wits said...

I think the steam has reached me! Great Magpie seasoned with wit!

Jinksy said...

I think I must have been on your wavelength this week! lol

Helena said...

When you gotta lunge, you gotta lunge!!

Unknown said...

Then what happened? Come on now, enquiring minds want to know!

G-Man said...

Izzy Bella...

You are so wonderfully creative.

Lyn said...

That's how we live and learn..going where we shouldn't!!

Unknown said...

Ouch! Very effective.

gautami tripathy said...

Hot, hot, hot!!

in the shadows, let it be